Marching for Freedom by Elizabeth Partridge
The eerie silence was broken only by the sound of scuffling feet as marchers approached the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama. The mood was sober. Hundreds of men, women, and children had been protesting in Selma for weeks to win black Americans the right to vote. They d been threatened. Been arrested. Jailed. This march was likely to end in violence, yet they went anyway. But when state troopers attacked with billy clubs and tear gas, the brute force was a shock. Many were injured, including children. But not even Bloody Sunday, as March 7 came to be known, was enough to deter the marchers. Led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., they were committed to the voting rights movement despite the risks. Not even the youngest protestors gave up, and their defiance and courage were inspiring. Without them the struggle in Selma which culminated in a five-day march to Montgomery might have failed. Marching for Freedom tells the story of how ordinary kids helped change history. Award-winning author Elizabeth Partridge explores the events at Selma from their point of view, drawing on vivid recollections of some of those who marched as children. Dramatic photographs capture the danger and spirit in Selma during the turbulent spring of 1965 and offer a stunning visual narrative to the audio.Elizabeth Partridge (www.elizabethpartridge.com) is the author of several nonfiction books for children, including Restless Spirit: The Life and Work of Dorothea Lange; This Land Was Created for You and Me: The Life and Lyrics of Woody Guthrie; and John Lennon: All I Want Is the Truth, which won the Printz Medal. She resides in the Bay Area in San Francisco.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780670011896 |
| ISBN 10 | 0670011894 |
| Title | Marching for Freedom |
| Author | Elizabeth Partridge |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Viking Books For Young Readers |
| Year published | 2009-10-15 |
| Number of pages | 80 |
| Prizes | Winner of Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards (Nonfiction) 2010, Winner of L.A. Times Book Prize (Young Adult Literature) 2009, Winner of Jane Addams Children's Book Award (Books for Older Children) 2010, Commended for Tayshas Reading 2011, Commended for Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens (Ten to Fourteen) 2010, Commended for Cybils (Nonfiction-Mid Gr/YA) 2009, Short-listed for South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award (Junior Book) 2011 |
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